You could call up whoever
No matter the weather
Sometimes it feels like it's now bleaker than ever
Any street you pull up to you might need a sweater
Never forget our people have struggled together
Ain't pretty but shine like jewels made under pressure
The prudence we practice through every endeavor
Has given us wisdom beyond yo' professors
Your identity worth more than the karats they measure
Now we thrivin' lil' baby our whips are all leather
Disposition we ride with still light as a feather
I'm a king in the county they callin' me zephyr
To west side St. Louis this might be my letter
Best of both worlds keep me grounded and clever
Forever connected my home is my tether
The City or suburb my love you can't sever
The Lou on the map and we never been fresher
Can't be suppressed or limited to one lane
Peace and love baby that's our only aim
I know you drawn to our vibes, moth to flame
Prolly won't win no rings, but we still hall of fame
Ain't a drinker, but we still pop champagne
Wash from our jerseys our brothers' bloodstains
All that been slain, won't forget they names
The blood we have spilled will not drip in vain
Lots of uncles and aunties with drips in they veins
Gotta feel good cause beauty can come out the pain
Let our children just dream while they stare out the pane
Bruises all over our bodies the fate of canes
Brother kill brother the fate of Cain's
Not Abel
Not stable
No fables
Loose cables
Cheap tables
Faded labels
Care natal
No cradle
Never playful
Aim for navel
Little higher head spins like dreidels
Firing it off with a heat that's fatal
Xav Tay cooking s**t wood grill no propane
Au natural workin' the root to the grain
Attention to detail bro's work is insane
Every little thing baby sing it again
Praise our maker
Protect your nature
Forgive those who hate us
Cause love thy neighbor
Praise our maker
Protect your nature
Forgive those who hate us
Cause love thy neighbor
Lovin' my neighbor can get a lil' hard
Cause the s**t we done been through has left us all scarred
Sidewalks all red on the bro's boulevard
Clock some concrete and now we all on guard
Too many times that I've sent my regards
Bad news to our mamas you loved to bombard
So many bombardments they gotta stay armed
Raise them things up, do some s**t avant-garde
Do some s**t new
Visualize and pursue
In the back of the room
Get your ass to front
You got talent so stunt
All the s**t we'll confront
Ain't nobody gon' tell us that we ain't victorious
They envy us, we in the plus
Our daughters with the double dutch
Our sons gon' always come in clutch
Our other halves we'll always trust, yeah
So much in life to look forward to
Lookin' up thank God the sky still blue
And thank him that sometimes life is too
Shit ain't easy but we all here
Although how many years is unclear
We can't fear
Yes life veers
But we steer
Through detours
When it pours
Evermore
We always loving every little thing, sincerely yours
Praise our maker
Protect your nature
Forgive those who hate us
Cause love thy neighbor
Praise our maker
Protect your nature
Forgive those who hate us
Cause love thy neighbor
We all have a similar beginning
But the end is never the same
The path from start to finish is far more than highs and lows
There's twists and turns in this game
If our stories intertwine all the time?
Why do we try to draw our own lines?
Things are never that straight
When the topography of each day requires us to acclimate
To the altitude of our decisions, they get more difficult as we age
If pressure increases as we climb, it's more difficult to gauge
What is right and wrong
Singing the same ol' song
May be what keeps a stagnant mindset
That's stuck on the preset
Of injustice and racist beliefs
If only we could believe
That being progressive means more than the color blue
But that truth that you
And I can finally make a palpable change
In the story of each other
And as my brothers
And sisters proclaim the truths of the roots from which they stand strongly planted
May we all look at the map of each other, and take no destination for granted
